It's been a while. Since last summer, I hardly painted anything and even though Kings of War 4th edition has launched, there's little gaming around here. Fortunately (for this blog, at least) a month ago a few things changed. A friend of mine and myself played a 4th edition battle to get a feeling for … Continue reading 2026 painting and hobby restart
From time to time, the question pops up which is a great starter army for factions. Yesterday, this question popped up again, so I spent some time conjuring a duo of armies. https://www.reddit.com/r/kingsofwar/comments/1muhu1b/first_army_2300_pts_i_want_to_3d_print_an_army/ the best answer to this is: whatever you like to paint/play of course. Kings is fairly well balanced and it's easy enough … Continue reading Starter lists for Empire of Dust and Elves
I played a tournament fairly recently and I haven't posted my tournament list yet. This is partially because my new job gives me less time to update this blog and partially because it's summer and during summer my KoW time wanes in favour of other activities. That said, I enjoyed this list and therefore I … Continue reading Undead tournament list analysis
It's a strange thing. These two units are very similar, yet the difference in game is huge. Both are vampires, but one is seen as one of the best units in KoW 3rd edition and the other is so bad it was buffed in clash '22. This blog post looks into both units. A stat … Continue reading Soul reaver cavalry vs infantry
(and also a bit of tournament preparation) It's been a while since I reported my hobby update. Since april, I painted up quite a few models, most of them as a follow-up to a tournament I'm preparing for. Tournament preparation I spent the better part of last six months testing out various undead lists. They … Continue reading Hobby – Soul Reaver Cavalry
There's something about lightning bolts. A few of my opponents have complained about this little spell which they see as overpowered. In my recent tournament, most wizards I saw have it and most lists I played against did inlude wizards for this purpose. Even I myself use quite a few bolts on my wizards. Yesterday … Continue reading Pondering about lightning
Last week I finished up a few models. Here's the zombie regiment that's been partially shown before. I love the submerged zombies in the swamp, a walking-dead feel! Speaking of undead, Lucienne (Jarvis' second, a lich queen) got a new model. The baseline is a kingdoms of Mercia Queen of the lake, printed without the … Continue reading Hobby backlog and too many new models……
For an upcoming tournament, I wanted a new unit: a unit of fanatics. As it is, I got 25-ish GW fanatics a few years back as part of an army deal which I always wanted to paint one day. It appears that the 2021 summer is that day. Here's the finished unit. I really like … Continue reading Hobby update – Fanatics
Recently, I posted work-in-progress shots of my new soul reaver infantry regiment alongside my Goreblight model. This unit has been finished, finally. I'm pretty happy how they turned out, especially because I used a slightly different colour scheme (less vibrant) than my other SRI infantry regiment. (here for -> comparison) I do like both, because … Continue reading Hobby update – Soul reavers & balefire
This is part 1 of a battle report worth 1,500 points in our Halpi's rift campaign. Part 2 will follow soonish. Was this battle an inevitability? In Jarvis' eyes, it was definately not. The battle was unnecesary and wastefull, for were his goals and the goals of the Northern Alliance thane not similar? One did … Continue reading The battle that was not needed
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